Track Title:               Many A New Day


Prime Artist:              Shirley Jones
Lyrics by:                 Oscar Hammerstein II     (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)
Music by:                  Richard Rodgers
Background Vocal:          Chorus

From the Show:             Oklahoma!  1943 (S)  1955 (M)
Lyrics:
[Shirley]
Why should a womern who is healthy and strong
Blubber like a baby if her man goes away?
A-weepin' an' a-whalin' how he's done her wrong~
That's one thing you'll never hear me say!
Never gonna think that the man I lose
Is the only man among men.
I'll snap my fingers to show I don't care.
I'll buy me a brand-new dress to wear.
I'll scrub my neck and I'll bresh my hair,
And start all over again!

Many a new face will please my eye,
Many a new love will find me.
Never've I once looked back to sigh
Over the romance behind me.
Many a new day will dawn before I do!
Many a light lad may kiss and fly,
A kiss gone by is bygone;
Never've I asked an August sky,
"Where has last July gone?"
Never've I wandered through the rye,
Wonderin' where has some guy gone~
Many a new day will dawn before I do!

[Chorus]
Many a new face will please my eye,
Many a new love will find me.
Never've I once looked back to sigh
Over the romance behind me.
Many a new day will dawn before I do!

[Shirley]
Never've I chased the honeybee
Who carelessly cajoled me;
Somebody else just as sweet as he
Cheered me and consoled me.
Never've I wept into my tea
Over the deal someone doled me~

[Chorus]
Many a new day will dawn,

[Shirley]
Many a red sun will set,
Many a blue moon will shine, before I do!

Contributed by Carlene Bogle